Gestalt Approach and Eye Witness to Therapy

by Frederick Salomon Perls and Fritz Perls

Book Overview

This giant of modern psychology wrote that The Gestalt Approach was "an exploration of a somewhat new approach to the entire subject of human behavior -- both in its actuality and its potentiality."... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083140034X
• ISBN13: 9780831400347
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Science and Behavior Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Gestalt, eyewitness to therapy

Awsome book! it will change your life! it brings your attention to things that you dont even realize is an issue... until you read the book. Highly recommended.

Fritzo, Fritzer and Fritzession

"To be the only one, and to know that you are real--that's sanity, isn't it?" - Lila Loomis in Psycho A great book about great approach. This is where you should start if you are interested in the Gestalt therapy. The first part of this book tells you the basic concepts of Gestalt and explains easily the basic principles about the relationship between the client and the therapeutist in the Gestalt framework. I personally found the second part rather difficult to concentrate on. But I think that readers of English speaking ancestry will find it more easy to read. Best thing in this book is that it is extremely easy and almost fun to read. I have read quite a few books about the Gestalt approach, and found reading this very enjoyable. Books by such specialists as Joseph Zinker and Claudio Naranjo are good and insightful, but not necessarily good ones to start with. And remember that Fritz Perls himself wanted to be simple and clear in his writings and easy to approach. Like he himself said: "any reasonable approach to psychology not hiding behind a professional jargon must be comprehensible to the intelligent layman and must be grounded in the facts of human behaviour." This books is a real book and certainly no psychological jargon or BS. Even if you don't like it, you have to read only 200 pages.

A Very Readable Classic

All of Perls' books are an interesting read. Too bad the title sounds so clinical. You don't have to be a psychologist to enjoy this book. Anyone that wants to understand themselves and others better will be satisfied.

The Gestalt Approach & Eye Witness to Therapy

I HAVE A BOOK WITH THE SAME NAME WITH THIS ON THE COVER,THE LAST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORK BY THE GENIUS WHO FATHERED GESTALT THERAP, AND CAN NOT FIND THIS IN YOUR BOOKS SHOWN I WOULD LIKE TO SELL THIS POCKETBOOK NOW. The author is the same .

Simplemente maravilloso

Este es mi libro favorito de los que ha escrito Perls. A mi juicio la síntesis de su trabajo y enseñanza es inmejorable. Para mí es material de consulta permanente.Es un "must" para los que están interesados en acompañar sus procesos de terapia gestalt con los principios y fundamentos que subyacen a este mágico enfoque.